
Pandari Bai (Kannada: ಪಂಡರೀ ಬಾಯಿ; 18 September 1928 – 29 January 2003) was a prominent actress of South Indian languages films mostly in Kannada language during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Rajkumar, MGR and Sivaji Ganesan. She was the heroine in Rajkumar's debut movie Bedara Kannappa and also Sivaji's debut movie Parasakthi. She has acted in over 1,000 films in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
Chinnamma
Gauri's mom
Parvati Ratan Lal
Shekhar's mother
Lakshmi
Radha
Chellamma
Raju and Seetha's mother (in archival footage)
Usha
Shyam's mother
Sarada
Ponni
Annapoorani
Vimala
Pandharibai
Ramu's mother
Parvathy Amma
Lakshmi
Jyothi
Sheela's mother
Maria Devi
Susheela
Chandramathi
Kumar and Mainaga's mother
Hema
Guest Appearance
Kanaga, Manavalan Thangappapuram's wife
Janaki
Janaki, Beera's Biological mother
Neela
Parvathy
Parvathi
Sivagami
Hari/Lakshmi's Wife
Gowramma
Parvathi
Shabari
Parvathi
Shakuntala's Mother
Sathyamoorthy's mother
Parvathi
Seetha
Suresh's mother
Hemavathi
Meenakshi
Susheela
Guest Appearance
Shantamma
Annapoorna
Lalithamma
Malti (uncredited)
Jaggu's Mother